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###¤%$*=~. RAILS .~=*$%¤###
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###¤%$*=~. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .~=*$%¤###
¤¤¤¤%$*=~. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .~=*$%¤¤¤¤
###¤%$*=~. CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .~=*$%¤###
#¤¤¤%$*=~. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .~=*$%¤¤¤#
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#¤%*==.... BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE ....==*%¤#
#¤$$$=.... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ....=$$$¤#
###¤%$*=~. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .~=*$%¤###
###¤%$*=~. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH .~=*$%¤###
####¤%*=~. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .~=*%¤####
##¤¤%$*=~. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .~=*$%¤¤##
¤¤$**=.... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ....=**$¤¤
#¤$*====~. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .~====*$¤#
###¤%$*=~. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .~=*$%¤###
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#%$=...... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ......=$%#
¤$==...... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ......==$¤
###¤%$*=~. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .~=*$%¤###
###¤%$*=~. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .~=*$%¤###
#%%%***=~. WATER. .~=***%%%#
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###¤%$*=~. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .~=*$%¤###
##¤$*~.... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ....~*$¤##
###¤%$*=~. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .~=*$%¤###
###¤%$*=~. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .~=*$%¤###
¤$$==~.... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ....~==$$¤
###¤%$*=~. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .~=*$%¤###
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####¤%$*~. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .~*$%¤####
###¤%$*=~. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .~=*$%¤###
####%$*=~. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .~=*$%####
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¤¤%%$$*=~. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .~=*$$%%¤¤
###¤%$*=~. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .~=*$%¤###
###¤%$*=~. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .~=*$%¤###
###¤%$*=~. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .~=*$%¤###
###¤%$*=~. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .~=*$%¤###
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